Connector for choke-straps and breeching-straps.



No. 63l,73l. Patented Aug. 22, I899.

' J. C. WEAVER.

CONNECTOR FOR CHOKE STRAPS AND BREECHING STRAPS.

(Application filed Mar. 25, 1899.)

(N0 Model.)

WITNESSES: 6. nvvavrofi )QugwTab'il uy" E13 ATTORNEYJ UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH G. WEAVER, OF ZANESVILLE, INDIANA.

CONNECTOR FOR CHOKE-STRAPS AND BREECHlNG-STRAPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 631 ,731 dated August22, 1899.

Application filed March 25, 1899. Serial No. 710,425. N0 model-3 A Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J OSEPH C. WEAVER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Zanesville, in the county of Allen, in the State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HarnessAttachments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the inventiou, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,which form part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in harness attachments.

The object of my present invention is to provide a simple, convenient,and economical harness attachment specially designed to be employed upondraft-harness, adapted to obviate or relieve the. chafing and wearingfriction of the harness-breeching upon the draftanimals hips, whichfriction wears ofi the hair of the hips in awell-understood manner,thereby disfiguring the animal and causing unnecessary discomfort.

Another object of my improvement is to equalize and make easier theweight of the load in going downhill.

A still further object is to providea means for so connecting thebreeching with the girth as to prevent the draft-animal from getting oneof his rear feet over the quarter-strap in striking at flies in awell-understood manner.

My invention comprises a circular pad of leather or other suitablematerial, a rigid metallic bar pivotally mounted midway its ends uponsaid pad, preferably at the center thereof, and provided at its oppositeends with suitable slots or openings, in which the forward ends of thequarter-straps are secured, and a forwardly-projecting metallic strap orclevis pivotally mounted upon the said bar at the middle of its lengthand adapted to secure the inner end of the choke-strap.

The novel feature of my invention consists in the construction andarrangement of the operative parts, whereby the strain upon thebreeching is equalized for the purpose specifled.

In the'acoompanying drawings similar reference-numerals indicate likeparts throughout.

Figure 1 is an enlarged perspective detail of my improvement, showingthe relative arrangement of its operative parts and also showing thepreferred manner of securing the adjacent ends of the choke and quarterstraps thereto. Fig. 2 is a side view of a harnessed draft-animal withmy improvement in position thereon.

Referring now to Fig. 1, the pad 1 of any proper form or dimensions ispreferably made of leather or other non-metallic flexible mateshown. Ator near its center is fixed a pin or pivot 2, on which is pivotallymounted or fulcru med midway its ends a metallic lever 3, having aholding eye or slot 9 in the opposite ends thereof adapted to receiveand secure proper snap-hooks 4: of common form, which are connected inany proper manner to the forward ends of the quarter-straps 5. on thepivot-pin 2 are loosely mounted the apertured free ends of the metallicstraps or clevis 6, as shown, the forward looped end of which is adaptedto loosely contain the ring 7, which in turn is loosely mounted in theadjacent rear end of the choke-strap 8 of well-understood form andfunction. The said lever 3and its above-described cooperative directionof the tension or strain upon the breeching 11, tends to equalize thestrain upon the breeching caused either by the motion of thedraft-animal in walking or by the weight of a load upon a downgrade. Itis also obvious that my improvement greatly decreases, if not entirelyobviates, the liability of the animal getting his rear foot over thesaid quarter-straps in kicking at flies, which was a well-knowndifficulty prior to my invention, and was without a successful remedy.

Obviously the material of which my invention is made is whollyimmaterial so long as it has the requisite strength and lightness.

rial and is preferably circular in contour, as

My improvement thus constructed is simple, cheap, readily adj usted',has but small liability of getting out of repair, and by equalizing thestrain contributes to the comfort of v thereof and adapted to secure theforward ends of the quarter-straps as shown; a metal strap or clevispivotaily mounted on said 1ever and adapted for a holding engagementwith the choke-strap, all substantially as de scribed.

Signed bym'e at Fort Wayne, Allen county, 20

State of Indiana, this 20th day of March, A. D. 1899.

JOSEPH O. WEAVER.

Witnesses ADELAIDE KEARNS, AUGUSTA VIBERG.

